KKR and Hyderabad clashed in the first qualifier match. In which Kolkata won on the basis of excellent bowling. Under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir, the Knight Riders became champions in 2012 and 2014. Once again, under his mentorship, the team has reached the finals. They are on the verge of winning the title. Gautam is also a strong contender to become the next head coach of Team India.
These players will be monitored
Kolkata has match-winning batsmen like Sunil Narayan, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh and Andre Russell. Along with this, there are effective spinners like Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty. On the other hand, Travis Head, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Reddy have thrashed the bowlers this season for Sunrisers Hyderabad. At the same time, Abhishek, Shahbaz Ahmed, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan and Jaydev Unadkat have performed well in bowling. There is no player from the Indian team of T20 World Cup in the IPL final. Rinku Singh of Kolkata Knight Riders is the reserve player.
What will happen if it rains during the match
There is no possibility of rain on Sunday. According to the weather department, there is one percent chance of thunderstorm. The sky will be 100 percent cloudy. If it rains and the match is not completed, then it will be played on the reserve day (27 May). If the match is not completed on the reserve day also, then Kolkata will become the champion due to being at the top of the points table.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Head to Head
Kolkata and Hyderabad have played 27 matches against each other so far. KKR has won 18 of these and SRH has won 9. KKR’s highest score against Sunrisers is 208. While Hyderabad’s highest score against Kolkata is 228. Both the teams have clashed twice this season. Sunrisers are yet to beat Kolkata in IPL 2024. They lost the league match by 4 runs and Qualifier 1 by 8 wickets.
Teams
Sunrisers Hyderabad Team: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Abdul Samad, Pat Cummins (captain), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Jaydev Unadkat, Shahbaz Ahmed, Umran Malik, Sanvir Singh, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Markande, Mayank Agarwal, Washington Sundar, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Jhatbhed Subramaniam, Vijaykant Vyaskanth, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Marco Jensen, Akash Maharaj Singh.
Kolkata Knight Riders Team: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicket-keeper), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana, Srikar Bharat, Sherfane Rutherford, Dushmantha Chameera, Chetan Sakariya, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Saqib Hussain, Suyash Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Probable Playing 11
Kolkata Knight Riders
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Reddy, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Abdul Samad, Pat Cummins (captain), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Dream11 Team
wicket keeper- Heinrich Klaasen (captain)
Batsman- Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi
Allrounders- Andre Russell, Sunil Narine(vice-captain)
Bowling- Varun Chakravarthy, T Natarajan, Shahbaz Ahmed
